US Military Flyers Kit Bag

Quick Overview

The US Military Flyers Kit Bag is a classic cotton canvas bag for aircraft crew. These bags would be used by airmen to carry their flying kit onto their aircraft for missions to support their unit. With a tough cotton canvas design and generously sized dimensions you'll find plenty of uses for this military classic.

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Having been issued in the hundreds of thousands during a very long service life the Flyers Kit Bag will be immediately recognized by anyone who has served as aircrew in the military. Designed to give aircrew a large and strong bag to carry essential gear onto their airplane these bags became the US military equivalent to today's carry-on luggage.

Love these. On sale, too. Only hitch was a small hole in the bottom, and the usual- a little bit of dirt and some magic marker- some guy's name, but perfectly useful. I want more of the same at the sale price. The cotton ones are great- beathable, good for storing clothes, gear, blankets, etc. The later nylon/polyester ones have a coating that gets sticky/smelly. Other vendors are selling garbage as used stuff, so be on the lookout.

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Michael10-288-201710-16-201721:45

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Great surplus kit bag

My father was looking for a surplus kit bag so I jumped on this when I found it. Came in great shape...what a nice big bag! May order another for myself since it’s big enough for any number of uses. Arrived in good shape with all parts functioning. Dad was very happy.

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Jerry08-216-201708-05-201721:19

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US Military Flyers Kit Bag

Great bag and mine was in great shape. If someone had told me it was new/NOS/unused, that would have been believable. little larger than I imagined, but still very happy. Using it currently to pack/organize offroad 4x4 trips with friends. I like this bag so much I am ordering a 2nd after placing this review.

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Dave08-215-201708-04-201704:02

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Great weekender....or more!

I just got this and I must say it is in nice shape - it is used but not overly. It is stamped 5/88 so it's been around for a while but has lots of life left in it. It will be my new luggage bag for weekend or even week long trips and can carry everything a guy needs. I might wax it or something to give it a water resistance but other than that it will work out fine. It looks like it will hold a lot and has a nice flap over the zipper, so if it were waxed it'd be great in the rain. It's a keeper!